If you have issues viewing or accessing this file contact us at NCJRS.gov. • National Criminal Justice Reference Service This mic~c>fiche was produced from documents received for inclusion in the NCJRS data base. Since NCJRS cannot exercise control over the physical condition of the documents submitted, the individual frame quality will vary. The resolution chart on this frame may be used to evaluate the document, quality. CRIME IN TE~AS 2 5 CALEN ~R YEAR 1982 1.0 11111 . -- 2.2 III 14 UNIFORM CRIME REPORTING BUREAU 111111.25 11111 . IIIIII.~ CRIME RECORDS DIVISION \\ ,~ " '! t TEXAS ", I, MICROCOPY RESOLUTION TEST CHART DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS-1963-A ; COMMISSION JAMES B. ADAMS I~ J ,- CHARLES D. NASH DIRECTOR J~ __ Microfilming procedures used to create this fiche comply with CHAIRMAN ) the standards set forth in 41CFR 101-11.::>04. " I W. C. (BILL) PERRYMAN , ,I LEO E. GOSSETT SHANNON H. RATLIFF ASST. DIRECTOR Points of view or opinions stated in this document alre those of the author(s) and do not represent the official position or policies of the U. S. Department of Justice. , . National Institute of Justice 1 United States Department of Justice Washington, D. C. 20531 , '}" ... ;1~li2i~, [.,." , Ii.. TEXAS CRIME REPORT 1982 AN ANNUAL REPORT COMPILED BY THE UNIFORM CRIME REPORTING BUREAU CRIME RECORDS DIVISION TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY 5805 NORTH LAMAR BOULEVARD AUSTIN, TEXAS . ". U~S.~of~ / ,.' . .~I.... tIhrt.¢J~ I'·: T1IIa dQcomenlhas'~ ~oced ltXactiy ·as·rac;elval f('Cin\ h . ,i ~or (lrga0lZ1i.1Ion Origioatltlgit Points of view or OpIniori ••hlllld iriu,i$.~IMn1 .re IhoM ~ 1M aLithci(s and dO not. necessarily ..i1IpreSeot". qIlcia' ~ Or poIicin oI.·the Natlori8l.·lnatitute of ..IUIif~.. .' "" " '~.', '. ':.... • .> " "~siontl? r~oduCe1hlil ~Ied material ~I:leen " orai'lted by , ..... •~ Ii'. .'. ',' ....c·'. " ",TexaE;Departmehtof l:\lblic ... , I . ',$iifety. ""!':.-'--0;...:::.." .,.-.;.. ______~,...;.;- ~o.r.. Na~OI\IIICrl!filfl8/""~~C8 R.t!W~~ (Nc.JAS), UCR·27 ./ _________ .•. _ ft. I ~- '~>',:< >"'-'<~' .• --.-.~ I , . ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Texas Uniform Crime Reporting Program has been made possible by a Grant Award from the State of Texas through the Criminal Justice Division of the Governor's Office. This report on Crime in Texas during 1982 was complied from data submitted to the UCR Bureau by 755 Texas Sheriffs and Chiefs of Police whose jurisdictions represented 99.9% of the State's population. Their excellent cooperation Is gratefully acknowledged. Special appreciation Is extended to the Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Reporting Section for the assistance provided to the Texas UCR Program. I .", .. ':.: .. , 3'" - '. ?'". TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements. .. I Summary of Unlfoi'm Crime Reporting Program. .. 1 Crime Factors ............... , ....................................... 3 History of Uniform Crime Reporting. .. 3 Texas Uniform Crime Reporting Program. .. 4 Introduction ......... " . .. 4 Field Representation. .. 4 Reporting Procedures. .. 4 Verification Procedures ........................... , .......... , . .. 4 Field Rep Map. .. 5 Offenses in Uniform Crime Reporting. .. 6 Data Flow Chart ................................. ,. .. 7 Texas Crime Analysis ............................................... 0 • • •• 9 Crime Index Offenses ................................................ 11 Volume ........................................................ 11 Violent Crime ................................................... 11 Property Crime ..... , ............................................ 11 Clearances ..................................................... 11 Stolen Property Value ........ : ................................... 11 Stolen & Recovered Property (Table) ................................ 11 Value of Property Lost (Chart) ...................................... 12 Percentage Property Value Recovered (Chart) ........................ 12 Clearance Rates (Chart) .......................................... 13 Violent/Nonviolent Crime (Chart) ................................... 13 Murder ................................................... , ......... 14 Volume ........................................................ 14 Type of Weapon (Chart) ........................................... 14 Persons Arrested (,rable) .......................................... 14 Victims by Age, Sex & Race (Table) ................................. 15 Relationship of Victim to Offender (Table) ........................... 15 Rape ..... , ........................................................ 15 Volume ........................................................ 16 Persons Arrested (Table) .......................................... 16 Robbery ............................................................ 17 Volume ..................... ft ........ " ........ ..... ·\..'.·tf'1:.t ....... 17 Persons Arrested (Table) ....... ~t····· 'N'C" RD'" .t~ .'01' ....... 17 Type of Weapon (Chart) ....... J•••. .. , •.••..••.•. ~ •...• ;l.! ...... 17 Locations (Chart) ............. ~' ...................... :- ...1 ........ 17 Aggravated Assault ............ , . 'r' ...... ~rc;r . :-."': ............L ....... 18 Volume .................... '/' ........ -: .. ~~. J~~~ ....... i........ 18 Persons Arrested (Table) ................................. E........ 18 BurgT:~~ ~~~~~:~.n.(~~~~t~::::::: 1: :-:~~~~~~~I.~·~~:::':::::::: ~~ Volume .....................":' .................................. 19 Persons Arrested (Chart) ....................................... , .. 19 Methods (Chart) ......................................... , ....... 19 Time & Location (Chart) .............. " ............................ 19 Larceny· Theft ...................................................... 20 Volume ........................................................ 20 ,;" ' Persons Arrested (Table) .......................................... 20 Nature of Larcenies (Chart) ........................................ 20 III Preceding page blank I .........------------ ',," Motor Vehicle Theft .................................................. 21 Volunle . " ....................... , .............................. 21 Stolen Motor Vehicles Recovered .................................. 21 Persons Arrested (Table) .......................................... 21 Percentage Distribution of Vehicle Thefts (Chart) ..................... 21 Arson .............................................................. 22 Crime Clo(~k ........................................................ 23 Estimated Crime in Texas ............................................. 24 Texas Crime Summary ............................................... 25 Urban Crime by Population Groups .........................., ....... 26 Rural Crime by Population Groups .................................. 27 Special Survey· Child Sexual Abuse .................................... 28 Child Sexual Abuse Offenses by Type ............................... 28 Texas Crime by Contributor ............................................... 29 Contributing Agencies (Table) ......................................... 31 Months Onl File ...................................................... 31 Index Crimes by County (Table) ........................................ 32 Texas Arrest Data ........................................................ 51 Juvenile Male Arrests (Table) .......................................... 53 Juvenile Female Arrests (Table) ........................................ 54 Adult Male Arrests (Table) ............................................. 55 Adult Female Arrests (Table) .......................................... 57 Texas Law Enforcement Officers Killed or Assaulted .......................... 59 Law Enforcement Code of Ethics .................................. " ........ 61 Officers Killed 1973 ·1982 (Chart) ....................................... 63 Officers Killed in the Line of Duty in 1982 ................... , ............ 63 Officers Assaulted ................................................... 64 Assignment Information (Table) .................................... 64 Circumstances (Table) ........................................... 64 Type of Weapon (Table) ........................................... 64 Injury Information (Table) ......................................... 64 Time (Table) .................................................... 64 Law Enforcement Employees .............................................. 64 Full·Time SW9rn Law Enforcement Officers (Table) ........................ 64 Full·Time Civilian Employees (Table) .................................... 64 Employee Survey Forms .........................•.................... 64 Appendix ............................................................... 65 Glossary of Terms ...................................•............... 67 \. Iv I . 't . '. , 1.1..'. r CRIME FACTORS HISTORY OF UNIFORM CRIME REPORTING Statistics gathered under the Uniform Crime Reporting Pro­ The Uniform Crime Reporting Program of the Federal Bureau gram are sub}nltted by the law enforcement agencies of Texas of Investigation provides a nationwide view of crime based on and project a statewide view of crime. Awareness of the the submission of police statistics by city, county, and state presence of certain crime factors, which may Influence the law enforcement agencies throughc:Jt the country. resulting volume and type of statistics presented, Is necessary If fair and equitable conclusions are to be drawn. These crime The Uniform